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Seal with bovine animal
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Indus Valley (place of creation)Asia › Iraq › Tell Uhaimir (Kish) › Ingharra, Tell (place of excavation)
- Date
- c. 2000 BC
- Material and technique
- steatite, glazed
- Dimensions
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seal impression 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm (height x width x depth)
seal 2.4 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm (height x width x depth)
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tool/implement › matrix › seal
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Acquired, 1931.
- Accession no.
- EA1931.119
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 84 on p. 32, illus. p. 32
Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 11.4
Location
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Ground floor | Room 19 | Ancient Near East
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Ground floor | Room 19 | Ancient Near East
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